item details
NameGovernment House, Suva
ProductionMuir & Moodie; photography studio; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; Fiji
Unknown; photographer; Fiji
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017575
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Large two storey colonial building with verandahs on cleared grounds. People dressed in western-style cothes are gathered, standing and seated on ground floor verandah, two men in sulu (cloth skirt) stand on second floor verandah far right. A few people are gathered to right on grounds either seated or standing. A wooden fence runs right from building, a footpath runs left to right in front and a road runs left foreground.